Dandan-Oilik was once a thriving complex packed with Buddhist temples in the Taklimakan desert. What do we know now about ...

There, they would trade local foodstuffs and fresh caravan animals with the traveling merchants. Despite the difficulties that faced the merchants on the Silk Roads, exchanges continued in segmented .

The city, now the country’s capital, was long a stopping place for camel caravans plying the Silk Road. Stretching from parts of Kazakhstan to southern Uzbekistan: an infamous desert the size of ...

Conjuring up images of merchants on camel-led caravans, pilgrims braving bandits ... the mere mention of the Silk Road to any medieval adventurer would have them wide-eyed with wonder.

The Silk Road was a series of trade networks stretching ... But "they were dragging the caravans to the mountains," concludes ...

Along the legendary Silk Road, certain towns preserve atmospheres that transport visitors back to the age of caravans and merchant princes. These living museums maintain traditions established ...